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moneyspinner

moneyspinner is the alternative form of money-spinner.

Meaning of money-spinner

Noun

money-spinner (plural money-spinners)

  1. (Australia, UK, figuratively) Something that generates a continuous income.
    • One cannot resist the impression that the doctrine that a person who has been harmed in some way is a victim, and therefore cannot commit any wrong, has been turned into a money-spinner by lawyers.2011, Theodore Dalrymple, Spoilt Rotten: The Toxic Cult of Sentimentality
    Synonyms:
    cash cow, moneymaker
  2. A money spider.
    • She never passed a spider or moneyspinner, without throwing it over her shoulder, to the no small annoyance of those who might be near.1859, James Grant, Hollywood Hall, page 65

Forms of moneyspinner

pluralmoneyspinners

Questions about moneyspinner

What is moneyspinner the alternative form of?
Moneyspinner is the alternative form of money-spinner.

Words near moneyspinner in the dictionary

  1. moneys
  2. moneys of account
  3. moneys of necessity
  4. moneyscape
  5. moneyscapes
  6. moneyspinner
  7. moneyspinners
  8. moneyspinning
  9. Moneystone
  10. moneyward
  11. moneywards

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